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Many blogs and message board postings are dedicated to tips, thoughts, tricks, comments and questions about improving portfolio sales. It seems that much of the mystery and frustration surrounding this topic results from the fact that just because a photo is impressive to... More

Hello, this is my second post on the blog and i decided to write a few things about the mayan prophecy. As you may have heard as we approach the date of 21 december 2012 more and more people are asking if it is going to happen something (bad) on that day. It is true that... More

It is often suggested that beauty shoots should be lit with big, soft lights. But what if you can't fit those big light modifiers in the room?
As was the case for this project.
With space constraint, I decided that I can use that small space to my advantage. Instead... More

Once again, my apologies for being quiet for a while. I've been spending my downtime sleeping 'cause it's been really busy the past months.
Anyway, if you're from the Philippines, I'm sure you're familiar with the brand name Mama Sita. Am truly thankful that I got the... More

Hooray!!!I finally had an image accepted in the assignment challenge!
The beautiful young lady pictured here is my niece. She needed a photo for an upcoming school pageant so we found a great spot outside in the nearby mountains and began our photo shoot.
It was... More

What will happens after the 21th Dezember 2012, when the maya calendar ends?
I think nothing special. We will get enough time to destroy our planet by ourself without mystic help... ;o/
(Sorry for my english)
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Six months ago HERE IN MY BLOG I told you on total lunar eclipse that happened on June 15, 2011.
Now I would like to tell you that this Saturday, December 10th, total lunar eclipse will take place, again!
All the information can be found IN WIKIPEDIA. Those of us who... More

We began to plan travel around Georgia in the spring or summer.
We would like to travel without agency and we never had been there before. So I would like to ask you for some tips.
Thank you. :) See Article

Since starting to contribute to Dreamstime, I've been driving all around this past summer and fall looking for people, places and things to photograph.
Now that the leaves and temperature have fallen and the sky's are gray, I've started moving indoors and have been experimenting... More

As I'm writing this, Thanksgiving is one week away, I've been raking leaves, chopping wood and thinking all of the cool photography equipment Santa could bring me for Christmas.
In fact a lot of my recent uploads to Dreamstime have been Christmas and winter images like... More

Besides your camera, your memory card may be the most important piece of equipment in your photo bag. Without a memory card, your camera won’t work, and if it’s not operating right, you could lose all your images from a long day of shooting. The... More

No earthshattering new ideas here but for novices to Dreamstime I think its worth mentioning that stock image buyers want to have room for their copy.
Nothing says "amateur" or snapshot more than a composition with the subject in the direct center of the frame.... More

Howdy, my fellow dreamstimers!
It's almost a year since I wrote my last blog article: Milestones in action. Since that, it was read over 1000 times. I hope it helped someone because after publishing that article I didn't follow my own advice.
I didn't set up any goal,... More

I'd like to share a great tip for illustrators who already sell or are considering selling artwork on Dreamstime. This idea has worked extremely well for me. And while this article is a little wordy, if you take the time to read it, I think you will find it very worth your... More

Now this one I came by completely by accident and then later I found out I wasn't the only one to see the photographic possibilities of this beautiful landscape known as Sleepy Hollow Farm.
Driving around the Woodstock Vermont area last summer, stopping to take a picture... More

I bought a GPS Tracker there is almost two years. I was the first ever GPS Tracker. It was SONY GPS CS1-KIT. I used it to geotag my pictures. It was/is still convenient to use when you plan to explore your neighborhood or unknown city. You have just to carry and on it during... More

A couple of weeks ago we started this thread LINK asking our contributors to post their ideas on how to make scary, spooky, dark Halloween images. And there were some ideas posted, and some fun along the way.
The press release containing the best ideas has already been published... More

This is a question that I think for some time.
When we load an additional file, it must be modified by those who buy it.
Eps files don't always allow a change that is not in order of the dimensions (with those created in gimp you can just change the size, tested on mine... More

One of my tricks for finding new places to photograph is to make a turn on some road I've never been on before and then rely on my GPS to bring me back home.
Warning! If you try this in Vermont or any other rural area make sure you have plenty food, water, a spare... More

Sexy, gorgeous young model soaked from head to toe, tropical ocean sunset, lighting stands weighed down in a rock pool and makeup artist/stylist warning me of large swells – what more could you ask for from life as a photographer? Well certainly more than 35 cents! Come... More

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